The Laudato opens with St Francis’s prayer, “Praise be to you my Lord, through our sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.” It resonates with the Indian philosophy of Vasudhaiv Kutumkan, with the contemporary movement for the Rights of Mother Earth, with cultures and faiths across the world.

On a day when the nation’s press was preoccupied with the appalling racist murders in Charleston, our task of redirecting the world away from massive suicide became more difficult.

If fossil fuel companies had to pay the full cost of their production, one wonders whether they could compete with solar energy.

Pando implies a fundamentally different way of understanding the world – and places a symbol of ecological relations at the heart of things.

This is a truly historic event. It is possible, just possible, that June 18, 2015 will be remembered as the turning point, when humankind began to come to its senses.

“Ecological Civilization” by Tucker Nichols for Pando Populus.  Artwork copyright (c) 2015 by the artist. What Can We Hope For?…

I have imprinted on my mind something Cobb said to me when I was a student, on a walk, here–35 years ago,: “what we need is enough ecological catastrophe that people wake up, and not so much that it is too late.” Still true? Catastrophe can be a catalyst.

This century is still far away from being a Whiteheadian century. But it’s going in the right direction.

“Loho communities” are ones that aim for wholistic harmony with the rest of the natural world.

One of the strengths of Whiteheadian-Hartshornean process thought is that it leads people to care deeply about the long-term good of the world, regardless of whether they will be part of it.

“When Corporations Rule the World” is a powerful book title from the ’90s which I can’t help but reference when I read about much that is happening.

Thinking wrong can change the world. — John Bielenberg